YouthXchange climate change and lifestyles guidebook (2011): This guidebook focuses on the challenges, opportunities and good practices of climate change. It is the first in a series of thematic guidebooks. This series is produced for young people and people working with young people, educators, teachers, trainers and youth leaders around the world. It explores the links between climate change and lifestyles and helps young people consider the actions they might take towards more sustainable lifestyles

Regional YouthXchange Guidebooks

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YouthXchange Training Kit on Responsible Consumption

YouthXchange training kit on responsible consumption (2008) This is a train the trainer tool that aims to promote sustainable consumption patterns among young people worldwide. The kit provides statistics, case studies, games, examples of real companies going more sustainable, and direction on how explain sustainable lifestyles to a young audience. The topics are tackled under youth-oriented headings: clothing, leisure, travels, underground culture, experiences of other young people etc.

KidsXchange publications developed in English:
In 2010, a YouthXchange partner in Japan, Hakuhodo Japan, with the support of Nippon Express Co. Ltd, developed two “KidsXchange” training kits: one for teachers and one for students – an adaptation of the YouthXchange training kit on responsible consumption for elementary school students. Please note that this is not an official UN publication and the sole responsibility of the contents of this publication lies with the partner.

UNEP invites interested parties (organizations, ministries, institutions etc) to adapt, translate and widely disseminate any of its YouthXchange publication. Contact us for more information. UNEP, as the publisher of the original text in English, provides the permission for undertaking any adaptations and translations of YouthXchange publications. The contents of these adapted/translation publications are the sole responsibility of the YouthXchange partners that are involved.

The YouthXchange training kit on responsible consumption has been adapted to various countries and is available in the following languages:

Youth, Sustainable Consumption Patterns and Lifestyles (2001)This report is framed around the UNEP/UNESCO worldwide survey on the consumption patterns of young people in 24 countries. It attempts to understand some preliminary youth attitudes towards consumption, and evaluates the potential role of young people in a transition towards sustainable consumption lifestyles.

Is the Future Yours? (2001)The report of the UNEP/UNESCO world-wide survey in 2000 on youth attitudes towards sustainable consumption explained in a youth-friendly format.